Speedy Steps To Deliver Aid Urged for U.S.
Administration supporters urged immediate action to deliver war supplies to Great Britain and Russia after House action on the neutrality act. Lee urged Roosevelt to proceed without delay, while allies favored quick convoy steps up to Archangel if needed. The debate centered on easing restrictions and sending ships into war zones to aid allies fighting Hitlerism.
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England
Archangel
Jefferson County Arms Depot Fought in County
Jefferson County debates a proposed arms depot with a 15000 acre land request. J P Briscoe, a real estate agent, participated in a protest meeting. War Department officials are to be consulted in Washington as opponents warn the farm land loss would impair local tax bases and farming viability.
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Willie Willis and Freck Spar Over Tough Play
Willie Willis comments with Robert Guillen on the dynamic between himself and Freck. Willis notes his mother views him as too strict for Freck, while Freck’s cume believes the opposite about playing together.
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Cume
U S and Mexico Near Settlement as Oil Dispute Reopens
Washington reports indicate oil companies again rejected Mexico's indemnification offer, stalling a full all-round settlement. Negotiators, led by Ambassador Don Francisco Castilla Najera, remain hopeful a broader trade treaty and base access pacts can proceed, with oil issues possibly sent to arbitration.
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Germany
Illinois Town Closes Schools Amid Eight-Week Blackout
Rockford Illinois shutters 23 schools and 475 teachers for eight weeks starting tomorrow as funds are exhausted and tax receipts lag. About 10 000 soldiers at Camp Grant and a booming business climate boosted sales while the school system ran a deficit of roughly 150 000 dollars yearly. Classes resume January fifth when funds reopen and a referendum on higher taxes is expected in December.
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Board of Education
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Train Derailment Kills Up To 23 In Dunkirk
A speeding Pennsylvania passenger train derailed near Dunkirk, Ohio, killing up to 23 and injuring about 40. Early reports blamed a derailed freight car’s cylinder head on an adjacent track. Coroner J A Mooney cited nine confirmed dead with at least nine more feared. Fireman J L Gilbert identified among the dead.
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Here
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New York
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Hardin County
Guy Davis
J. L. Gilbert
Fort Wayne
Ind
Willeke
Four Soldiers Die As Army Truck Fire Kills Four
Four soldiers die and 12 are injured in a Carolina maneuvers crash at Fort Lawn South Carolina when a gasoline laden truck exploded. The dead are Privates Robert P. Gardiner Riv erside California Emil Jagielowicz Providence Rhode Island Herman Weis man Philadelphia and a private identified as Rocco Stagnola. Pvt William H Connally is critically injured. Sergeants Charles Cassidy Gordon Poulton Johnny McLeod are among the injured. Fort Lawn lies about 30 miles south of Rock Hill South Carolina.
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Philadelphia
Rocco Stagnola
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Fort. Lawn
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Charles Cassidy
Gordon Poulton
Johny McLeod
U S Legion Official Declares Nation On Offense At Sea
Boston November 9 The Massachusetts American Legion commander told 708 delegates that the United States is already on the offensive of the high seas and nearer to war than leaders admit He said the country has never conducted a defensive war and that troops in Iceland and stations in the Pacific do not represent a defensive posture.
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U. S
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Richard F. Cunningham
Iceland
Pacific
Labor Urges Pause on Strikes as Defense Looms
Sidney Hillman, associate director of the Office of Production Management, urged labor to suspend "strikes as usual" while government conciliation and mediation are exhausted. He said rights to strike remain but should be held in abeyance for defense needs, praising Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt's labor efforts. A three way dispute among AFL crafts, the navy and contractors threatens a general strike involving about a dozen naval projects in San Diego, with wage demands fueling the threat.
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Associated Press
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Navy
U S Troops Train For Winter Battle In Carolinas
In Camden South Carolina heavy weather and near freezing temperatures greet 200000 First Army troops at rest while 190000 Fourth Army Corps prepare for a major field exercise. Armored divisions don winter gear as infantry don overcoats and tents are secured for a dawn maneuver between Chester and Winnsboro.
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RAF Ignores Heavy Losses Intensified Raids On Moscow Hope
German forces press a new drive on Leningrad and mass reserves near Moscow as the Russian front reports claim heavy German losses. Moscow radio says a major offensive is planned near the capital while Red cavalry seek to disrupt German concentrations in the Volokolamsk area.
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Onega
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Amal
Return to Church Urged by Pope in Chile Broadcast
Pope Pius urged Chile's Vatican audience to return to church teachings amid concerns about immorality disbelief and reborn paganism. He warned social circles led by deceptive doctrines and promises have deserted the church and must return to its maternal bosom. The pope recalled Chile’s founding with the first mass for Valdivian troops.
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Valdivia
You're Getting Too Much Money But Not for Keeps
Treasury aims to raise four to five billion dollars next year with a 15 percent tax on salaries and wages to curb inflation. Lawmakers face a deficit of 15 to 25 billion, despite a 3.5 billion tax act. Defense-driven income will rise. national income may reach about 100 billion.
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Congress
Reeke
Erica Chance
New Victories Credited To Luftwaffe
Berlin dispatch reports Germany's air force achieving new successes against Russian and British shipping and communications. The eastern front claims the capture of Yalta, threatening Sevastopol, with German bombers sinking six British merchantmen and downing 25 RAF planes in recent actions.
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Japs Massing In South Asia
Japan concentrates Indo-Chinese forces near Thailand and Malaya as Kenkichi Yoshizawa arrives as ambassador to Indo-China with a large staff. Far Eastern observers see potential major developments. borders near Kwangsi show quiet activity.
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Reelection of Quezon Expected by Filipinos
Manila nov 10 the Philippines national election campaign ended with belief that President Manuel Quezon would win reelection on tomorrow's balloting. Quezon, elected in 1937 as Commonwealth's first president, did not campaign personally. His Nacionalista party trusted his renomination despite six challengers. Sergio Osmena, vice president and veteran politician, is on the Nacionalista ballot for reelection.
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British RAF Pounds Ruhr and Italy In Major Night Bombing
London reports a stepped up air offensive with heavy bomber raids on Essen and other Ruhr targets including Krupp munitions plants while Italian ports Naples and southern areas are hit for the second night. North Africa targets also attacked as Axis losses cited at 19 for the week.
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Dunkerque
France
Duesseldorf
Rhineland
Catholic Assails Label of Nazism
In New York a Catholic educator denounces a whispering campaign accusing the church of friendliness toward Nazism for opposing Communism. Rev Edmund A Walsh says Nazism has invaded faith and morals, warning democracy would falter if religious foundations are undermined. He spoke at the Armistice mass attended by 3,000 Catholic War Veterans at St Patrick's Cathedral.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
Edmund A. Walsh
S. 3
Georgetown University
Father Walsh
America
German cinema bans spur photographs of stars in Berlin
In Nerlin on November 9 Photographs of Greta Garbo Shirley Temple John Barrymore and other Hollywood stars hung in German cinema lobbies drawing sharp response from Film Kurier which condemned the images as flouting the U S ban and urged replacements by German stars.
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Greta Garbo
Shirley ‘Temple
John Barrymore
Film Kurier
U. S
British warship cripples Axis supply convoys off Taranto
British force under heavy Italian escort sinks one transport and destroys another while severely damaging a third, as Churchill hails the action against Libyan supply lines. The raid off Taranto involved the destroyer Isunke and two small cruisers guiding Ameri can reconnaissance planes.
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W._G. Agnew
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Martin Aircraft
Aurora
Penele
Contempt Case Ruling Hangs Over Prepublication Edits
The Supreme Court may rule tomorrow on the right to publish comments on court cases before a final settlement. It centers on contempt convictions of Have ry Bridges, leader of West Coast CIO labor, and the Los Angeles Times over editorials on two labor cases. Bridges’ telegram to Frances Perkins was published and cited in his conviction.
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Frances Perkins
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